Policy SIG

I have been a sysadmin for an ISP in New Caledonia for more than fifteen years, I’ve attended every APRICOT and APNIC meetings since 2011. Founder of the GULNC and recently of the NCNog (which starts very slowly), even though we have enough IPv4, I’m encouraging the adoption of IPv6 for all users which, with the help of our local telco, should hopefully happen this year… I’m not better than anyone, but because of the size and location of New Caledonia, my aim will always be towards what’s good for our community; and now that I have someone to back me up on my daily job, I will have more time for R&D and our community. With Andy, Masato and now Sumon as examples to follow, and with your support, I am willing and ready to serve our community to the best I can.

Anupam Agrawal is engaged with different Internet communities including academia, policy, and standards development organizations. His knowledge and expertise on management of organizational processes will benefit the policy SIG to effectively deal policy recommendations. His experience of critical internet infrastructure management like IX and root server instances over a decade allows him to have a nuanced understanding of utilization and deployment of Internet resources. Overall, his human network will allow to drive the consensus in APNIC policy SIG aided by thorough understanding of implications of the discussions and directions in APNIC.

Shaila Sharmin is an active member of the Asia Pacific Internet community.

She has attended many events like APNIC, APRICOT, bdNOG, SANOG, APrIGF, bdSIG, APSIG, ICANN, IETF and an active contributor to policy and technical discussions in the AP Region. She has good understanding of the policy development process.

She was the member of Program Committee of Multiple bdNOG, APNIC and APRICOT events, PC Co-Chair of APNIC 48 and APNIC 50, and has been selected as APNIC 52 Fellow Mentor. She has volunteered at Bangladesh Network Operators Group events as an Executive Committee member and trainer for years. I believe she would be an appropriate candidate for the Policy SIG Co-Chair, to represent and voice the diversity of APNIC region.

She has more than 9 years of working experience in ISP, enterprise and WiMAX Network Architecture. A seasoned Operations Engineer and Management professional in the field of IP CORE / Enterprise network. She possesses extensive hands on experience in Core and Enterprise Routing and Switching Technologies with major vendors. At present, she is working as System security analyst at Information Security Department of Brac Bank LTD. Prior to her current role, she has served as Assistant Manager at Link3 Technology, a nationwide ISP in Bangladesh, as Senior Core Network Engineer, in a pioneer WiMAX company named Banglalion Communications Ltd.